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Montgomery County Launches ‘Reducing Food Waste Begins with You’ Campaign

By Patrick Herron

Montgomery County is committed to reducing waste and recycling more as it aims for zero waste. Reducing food waste is a key objective of the County’s Climate Action Plan, which includes preventing and lessening the amount of food waste created.

“It’s sad to think Montgomery County residents and businesses are throwing away roughly 124,000 tons of food scraps a year, when we have residents who do not have regular access to quality, nutritious food,” said County Executive Marc Elrich. “We can help reduce food insecurity and the amount of food that is thrown away by buying only what we need and donating excess edible foods to food rescue organizations, food pantries and shelters. This is just part of look out for those who are most in need, something that is key to having a healthy community.”

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Montgomery County Council Primary Election Results As of Wednesday Morning (7/20/22)

By MCS Staff

With almost all precincts reporting Early Voting and Election Day results (Mail-In/Provisional Ballot results not yet available), you’ll see the results below for each district in the races for County Council as of 9:00am on Wednesday. Results for the At-Large County Council primary can be seen here.

District 1: Andrew Friedson has officially won the District 1 Democratic primary (11,069 votes, 100%). He ran unopposed.

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David Blair Has Narrow Lead in Montgomery County Executive Democratic Primary With 246 of 258 Precincts Reporting

By MCS Staff

Wednesday, July 20 (6:35pm) Update:

With 246 of 258 election day precincts reporting, David Blair (28,961, 39.63%)  holds a slight lead over incumbent Marc Elrich (27,770, 38.00%) in the Montgomery County Executive Democratic primary. Hans Riemer is currently in third (14,911, 20.40%) and Peter James in fourth (1,445, 1.98%). Reardon Sullivan (6,840, 63.58%) leads the Republican primary over Shelly Skolnick (4,949, 36.42%).

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Three Incumbents Lead At-Large County Council Race; One Remains On The Outside Looking In

By MCS Staff

With 246 of 258 election day precincts reporting as of 7:15am on Wednesday morning, incumbents Evan Glass (42,409, 18.29%), Will Jawando (40,159, 17.32%), and Gabe Albornoz (35,937, 15.5%) are at the top of the Democratic primary for the four available At-Large County Council seats. The other incumbent, Tom Hucker, is currently on the outside looking in with (24,345, 10.5%), trailing former Gaithersburg City Councilmember Laurie-Anne Sayles (31,016, 13.37%), and Scott Goldberg (25,475, 10.98%), who are currently in 4th and 5th place in the primary. Brandy Brooks (18,82, 8.12%) and Dana Gassaway (13,749, 5.93%) round out the candidates on the Democratic side.

The Republican primary is a lot closer, though all three candidates will make it through, with Christopher Fiotes (8,101, 33.8%) leading Dwight Patel (8,020, 33.52%) and Lenard Lieber (7,804, 32.68%).

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David Blair Has Narrow Lead in Montgomery County Executive Democratic Primary With 246 of 258 Precincts Reporting

By MCS Staff

Wednesday, July 20 (7:30am) Update: 

With 246 of 258 election day precincts reporting, David Blair (28,059, 39.51%)  holds a slight lead over incumbent Marc Elrich (26,997, 38.01%) in the Montgomery County Executive Democratic primary. Hans Riemer is currently in third (14,574, 20.52%) and Peter James in fourth (1,070, 1.96%).

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Montgomery County Commercial Food Scraps Recycling Partnership Program Reaches Milestone of One Million Pounds of Commercial Food Scraps Recycled

By Patrick Herron

DEP has continued to develop and expand programs designed to increase recycling as the County strives to reduce waste and recycle more, aiming for zero waste. The Commercial Food Scraps Recycling Partnership Program collected the first pound of food scraps on May 28, 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 health crisis which has been a very challenging time for food service businesses.

In March 2021, the program surpassed its first significant milestone of recycling more than 200,000 pounds of food scraps. By November of last year, that number had more than tripled to more than 625,000 pounds of commercial food scraps recycled.

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Montgomery County to Develop Affordable Housing, Add Parks and Operate Parking Garage in Downtown Bethesda

By Patrick Herron

Per Montgomery County:

On Thursday, County Executive Marc Elrich announced an innovative new development project that would transform two Bethesda Parking Lot Districts (PLD), Lots 25 and 44, to almost 300 affordable and deeply affordable housing units. The project is a joint venture with private partners and will also include a greenway between Highland and West Virginia Avenues as envisioned in the Bethesda Downtown Sector Plan. The County Executive was joined at the announcement by Montgomery County Councilmember Andrew Friedson, whose district includes this area.

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Montgomery County Council to Hold Public Hearings on July 26, 2022: Potential County Charter Amendments for the 2022 General Election Ballot

By Patrick Herron

The deadline to sign up to speak is July 25 at 5:00 p.m.

Resolution, Proposed Amendment to County Charter – General Provisions – Conflicting Charter Amendments

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2022 Primary Election Update: Mail-In and Provisional Ballots Will Be Counted Following Election Day on Tuesday, July 19

By Patrick Herron

Those who choose to cast their votes using ballot drop boxes must submit their completed ballots by the final collection time – 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19 – for their ballot to count. To identify the nearest ballot drop box and post office locator, text BOX plus zip code (example: BOX 20879) to 77788 or visit 777vote.org.

Election officials must review the returned envelopes containing voted ballots and verify the voter registration for voters who cast a provisional ballot prior to the ballot being counted. Mail-in and provisional ballots are counted in a public process by bipartisan teams of voters during the weeks following the election. Results for each ballot-counting session, referred to as the “canvasses,” are then added to the Election Day totals before the official results of the election are certified.

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Agenda for Montgomery County Council Committee Meeting on July 14, 2022

By Patrick Herron

The joint Government Operations and Fiscal Policy (GO) and Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee will meet on Thursday, July 14 at 1:30 p.m. to review Bill 4-22, Human Rights and Civil Liberties – Public Accommodations – Gender Inclusive Restroom, Bill 10-22, Personnel and Human Resources – Paid Parental Leave and Bill 11-22, Buildings – Lactation Rooms in County Buildings – Required.

The members of the GO Committee include Chair Nancy Navarro and Councilmembers Andrew Friedson and Sidney Katz.

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